Monday, November 1, 2010

DRY TARO CURRY (SIVAPAN KIZHANGU KAI)

I am here again with a dry curry recipe which is another favourite choice of my husband. In Hindi you can call it is as arubi fry. In Tamil, it is called as sivapan kizhangu kai.It is very easy to make and very delicious in taste.

I would recommend for the people who are overweight or trying to reduce weight please avoid eating this vegetable very frequently because this is to be considered as very high calorie vegetables.

So here is recipe for it

Sivapan Kizhangu Kai (Arubi Dry Curry)

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serving: 4 persons

Ingredients

Taro (Arubi)-300 grams washed properly

Oil-2 tbs

Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp

Broken Black gram (Urad Dal) 1/2 tsp

Salt-to taste

Turmeric Powder-1/2 tsp

Chilli Powder-1 tsp

Curry leaves-4-5

Asafoetida-a pinch

Method

• Boil the washed taro with its jacket in sufficient water in wide mouth pan till it becomes tender.

Hi Subhashini,I happened to come across your blog when i was trying to find a diet to lose weight.I have been trying hard to lose weight without much success. I read in one of your earlier posts that u lost about 8 kgs. Congratulations!!! Could u please tell me your diet plan- what u had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I am sure u understand all the struggle that goes with trying to lose weight. I look forward to your reply. Thanks!Sangeetha